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The final chapter begins as Harry, Ron, and Hermione continue their quest of finding and destroying the Dark Lord's three remaining Horcruxes, the magical items responsible for his immortality. But as the mystical Deathly Hallows are uncovered, and Voldemort finds out about their mission, the biggest battle begins and life as they know it will never be the same again.

The story beginning with three of Voldemort's six horcruxes destroyed, Harry, Ron and Hermione must find the rest. One of them is a fabled Cup that once belonged to Helga Hufflepuff, one of the founders of Hogwarts, but the other two remain mysteries. They deduce both Gringotts and Hogwarts are likely hiding places, but will the mystical yet real Deathly Hallows prove to be a crucial part in the unfolding of events? Lord Voldemort has gained possession of the all-powerful Elder Wand, strengthening him further, but who really is its true master? Did the fateful events of 16 years ago have even more impact than Harry thought? All of these questions must be answered for ultimate Battle of Hogwarts, where the final showdown between Harry and the Dark Lord will determine the fate of both the wizarding and muggle worlds for the rest of eternity.

Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, and Ron Weasley continue their search for Lord Voldemort's Horcruxes, which ultimately leads up to an epic battle at Hogwarts.

Minister Rufus Scrimgeour addresses the wizarding media stating that the Ministry of Magic will remain strong as Lord Voldemort gains power throughout the Wizarding and Muggle worlds. Severus Snape arrives at Malfoy Manor to inform Lord Voldemort and his Death Eaters of Harry's departure from No. 4 Privet Drive. Voldemort commandeers Lucius Malfoy's wand, as Voldemort's own wand cannot be used to kill Harry. Meanwhile, the Order of the Phoenix arrive at Privet Drive and escort Harry to safety using Polyjuice Potion to create six decoy Harrys. During their flight to the Burrow they are ambushed by Death Eaters, resulting in the deaths of Mad-Eye Moody and Hedwig. Voldemort attempts to kill Harry with Malfoy's wand, but fails. At the Burrow, Harry has a vision of Ollivander being tormented by Voldemort, who claims that the wand-maker had lied to him by informing him of the only way to kill Harry: obtaining another's wand.

Scrimgeour arrives at the Burrow and distributes items from Albus Dumbledore's will to Ron, Hermione and Harry. Ron receives Dumbledore's Deluminator; Hermione, The Tales of Beedle the Bard; and Harry is given the Golden Snitch. It's revealed that Harry was also willed to receive the Sword of Godric Gryffindor, however Scrimgeour states that the sword is an important historical artifact and is not eligible to be given away.

Later, the wedding of Bill Weasley and Fleur Delacour is disrupted by Death Eaters, who have infiltrated the Ministry and are using its authority to persecute Muggle-born witches and wizards. The trio disapparate to London and find sanctuary at No. 12 Grimmauld Place. There they discover that the "R.A.B." from the false Horcrux locket is Regulus Arcturus Black, the younger brother of Sirius Black. From Kreacher, the Black's house-elf, they learn that Mundungus Fletcher stole the real locket. Kreacher and Dobby apprehend Fletcher, who reveals that the locket is in the possession of Dolores Umbridge. Under the disguise of Polyjuice Potion, the trio infiltrate the Ministry and successfully retrieve the locket, escaping into the wilderness.



Unable to destroy the Horcrux, they take turns wearing it in order to dilute its negative psychological effects. Harry sees a vision of Voldemort interrogating Gregorovitch, a renowned wand-maker who claims that a teenage boy had once stolen the legendary Elder Wand from his shop. Voldemort then begins a search for the thief. While Ron wears the locket, he is overcome with the suspicion that Harry and Hermione are forming a romantic relationship. As a result, under the mistaken assumption that Hermione has rejected him, he abandons them in anger. Harry and Hermione then visit Godric's Hollow where they seek Bathilda Bagshot, the historian who may have the Sword of Gryffindor, which they believe will destroy Horcruxes. However, they are instead cornered by Voldemort's snake, Nagini, and barely escape. Harry's wand is broken. Hermione identifies the mysterious thief seen in Harry's vision as Gellert Grindelwald.

When evening falls, Harry sees a doe patronus which leads him to a frozen pond. Gryffindor's sword is beneath the ice. Harry enters the pool through the ice to reach the sword. The locket around his neck attempts to strangle him, but Ron returns to rescue him. Ron eventually overcomes the locket's power, smashing it with the sword.


The trio then visit Xenophilius Lovegood to learn about a symbol seen several times on their journey. They learn that the symbol represents the quest for the Deathly Hallows: the Elder Wand, the Resurrection Stone and the Cloak of Invisibility. Lovegood betrays them to the Death Eaters in an effort to have his kidnapped daughter returned. Harry envisions Voldemort learning from Grindelwald that the Elder Wand lies with Dumbledore. The trio are captured and taken to Malfoy Manor. Bellatrix Lestrange imprisons Harry and Ron in a cellar in which they discover Luna, Ollivander, and Griphook the goblin. She tortures Hermione for information on how they found the sword, which was supposedly in her vault at Gringotts. After Dobby apparates to save them, a short battle ensues, and Harry duels with Draco and defeats him. Dobby is killed by Bellatrix as the protagonists escape. Voldemort breaks into Dumbledore's tomb and takes the Elder Wand.

The final film in the trilogy began with a backstory-flashback of how Smeagol (Andy Serkis) became the spindly Gollum, when he murdered (by strangulation) his fishing buddy - cousin and river Hobbit Deagol (Thomas Robins), who had discovered the Ring in mud at the bottom of a river; Smeagol claimed it was his birthday present; thereafter, he degenerated physically and mentally into a raw-fish eating creature called Gollum (because of the sound he made when swallowing).
Returning to the present, Sam, Frodo, and scheming, treacherous, schizoid guide Gollum continued their trek to Mount Doom in Mordor to destroy the Ring. Aragorn, Legolas, Gimli, and Gandalf arrived on horseback at Isengard, where they found long-lost hobbits Merry and Pippin. Ent Treebeard had taken over Saruman's former stronghold and kept the evil, weakened Wizard under guard in the tower. Curious Pippin found and soon after, in Rohan, gazed into Saruman's palantir (a magical crystal ball) and foresaw the future ("a glimpse of the enemy's plan") -- "a white tree in a courtyard of stone", interpreted by Gandalf as the burning Gondor city of Minas Tirith ("the City of kings") - the next location of Middle-Earth Men that Sauron would raze to the ground.
To warn them, Gandalf rode his white steed Shadowfax (with Pippin) to Minas Tirith, a three days' ride. Meanwhile, elf Arwen while enroute to Grey Havens changed her mind and returned to Rivendell after having a vision of bearing a son with lover Aragorn - there, she persuaded her father Elrond that she wished to live a mortal life and be with Aragorn, and convinced Elrond to re-forge King Elendil's (and heir Isildur's) Narsil sword (it had overthrown Sauron many years earlier, but was in shards) - for the new king (it was later presented to Aragorn to summon an army to fight against Sauron).
Gandalf and Pippin arrived at Minas Tirith (the new capital of Gondor) - a seven-story structure of buildings and winding streets and passageways, where Gandalf met with grieving steward of the throne King Denethor (John Noble), lamenting the death of his son Boromir. Gandalf warned of coming war and told the uncooperative Denethor to light the beacons to alert neighboring armies. Denethor would not obey, distrusting the next rightful heir to kingship, Aragorn, who was aligned with Rohan (Denethor insisted: "The rule of Gondor is mine and no other's").
The Witch-king of Angmar, the "deadliest" Lord of the Nazgul (one of Sauron's nine slaves), who had stabbed Frodo earlier, kept his liar at Minas Morgul (the "Dead City") - he would lead Mordor's armies of Orcs in war ("the great battle of our time"). at the entrance to Minas Morgul, Gollum led Frodo and Sam up stone stairs toward a tunnel to enter into Mordor, triggering a beam of light toward the heavens. Meanwhile, at the ruins of Osgiliath (the former capital of Gondor), Orcs attacked as part of their plan to overrun the city and use it as a base from which to attack Minas Tirith. Gondor's Faramir (Boromir's younger brother) was unable to hold and defend the city, as hordes of Orcs crossed the river. Prompted by Gandalf, Pippin ignited Gondor's beacon - setting in motion of series of beacon-lights ("Hope is kindled") that reached to Rohan, warning King Theoden and Aragorn to aid Gondor by gathering their Rohirrim horse-warriors and others (6,000 strong) within two days at Dunharrow.
Gollum tricked Frodo into being suspicious about his friend Sam and separated the two - Sam departed after being told: "Go home". Faramir was ordered by his deluded father King Denethor to unwisely try to re-take Osgiliath, and he suffered a life-threatening wound. With Gimli and Legolas, Aragorn left King Theoden and took the deadly evil Path of the Dead (the under-mountain road to the Dimholt), populated with cursed, zombie-like dead traitors and murderers whose Army of the Dead (led by Paul Norell) would only answer to the King of Gondor (with the newly forged Narsil sword). They were persuaded to join Aragorn's forces, to regain their honor and be released from their curse (they were once cursed by Isildur).
The overwhelming siege began on Minas Tirith, with catapults, an attacking swarm of Orcs, giant trolls, Ringwraiths-Nazgul on flying winged creatures, fiery bombs, and a fiery wolf-battering ram against the gates, as Gandalf attempted to rally the outnumbered men. In the citadel of the besieged city, an unconscious Faramir was saved from cremation on a funeral pyre, and his insane father (engulfed in flames) jumped to his death.
After climbing the stairs and arriving at a tunnel, Gollum persuaded Frodo to enter Shelob's Lair where he was attacked by a giant demon spider that wrapped him in webbing and sedated him with poison. Realizing he was tricked by Gollum, Sam returned to save Frodo and fight off the spider with Bilbo's sword (Sting) - and fearing that Frodo was dead, he took the ring for safe-keeping. Frodo was seized by Orcs and taken into the Tower of Cirith Ungol. After realizing that Frodo was not dead, Sam followed behind.
King Theoden's Rohirrim horse-riders appeared on the horizon to provide more defense for Minas Tirith and open up other fronts, although the Witch-king counter-attacked in the Battle of Pelennor Fields with giant, multi-tusked pachyderms Oliphaunts (or Mumakil). Masquerading as a soldier to sneak into the battle, Theoden's niece Eowyn ("I am no man") killed the Witch-king to protect her lethally-wounded uncle who shortly later died of his injuries. The tide of battle turned when Aragorn arrived with the Dead Men Army and routed the Orcs, and then released them from their curse ("I hold your oath fulfilled. Be at peace").
In the Tower of Cirith Ungol where Frodo was held, Sam fought off a few Orc guards to rescue his friend - the two then set off for their final leg of the trip through Mordor to Mount Doom (without Gollum) to dispose of the Ring. To create a diversion, Aragorn proposed taking his remaining forces to the Black Gates of Mordor, to draw off Mordor's and Sauron's 10,000 Orcs so that Frodo (if still alive) could proceed safely ("Keep Sauron's Eye fixed upon us"). At the Gates, Aragorn dedicated the battle: "For Frodo" as he led the charge.

The sequel opened with a flashback (and Frodo's dream) of the scene in the first film when Gandalf battled the fiery Balrog at the Bridge of Khazad-dum and fell into the chasm, as they continued to fight each other.
The film picked up the story of Frodo and loyal companion Sam on their way to Mordor, lost on the treacherous rocky mountain path of Emyn Muil. They were pursued on their arduous trek by the cave creature Gollum (physically and mentally deformed and corrupted - obsessed with repossessing the Ring for himself), thinking that they were thieves who had stolen his "My precious". Pitying him, Frodo decided to trust Gollum/Smeagol, to act as his Master, and have him be their guide on the way to the Black Gate of Mordor.
In a second storyline, abducted hobbits Merry and Pippin were held by an army of Saruman's Uruk-hai/Orcs and taken to Isengard, while being tracked by three of the original Fellowship: exiled Gondor heir Aragorn, dwarf Gimli and keen archer Legolas.
The evil wizard Saruman was allied with Lord Sauron to dominate Middle-Earth ("The world is changing. Who now has the strength to stand against the armies of Isengard and Mordor? To stand against the might of Sauron and Saruman and the union of the two towers?"). Saruman sent his army out to burn peasant villages, beginning in the region of Rohan ruled by horse-lords and King Theoden (Bernard Hill). The King's only son and heir Theodred was lethally wounded by ambushing Orcs, and the King's nephew Eomer (Karl Urban) was distressed by the killings and wanted to defend the kingdom of Rohan.
Eomer was opposed to the King's treacherous assistant Grima Wormtongue (Brad Dourif), who was in league with Saruman and had lustful feelings for the King's pretty niece Eowyn (Miranda Otto). Grima banished Eomer from Rohan, and continued to weaken and sicken the King with his powers. Eomer's Rohan riders massacred the Orcs and Uruk-hai holding the Hobbits, but unbeknownst to Aragorn, the two had escaped into the ancient Fangorn Forest, where they were saved and befriended by a sentient walking-talking tree creature (or Ent) named Treebeard (voice of John Rhys-Davies) that held them safely in its branches. Meanwhile, Frodo, Sam, and Gollum traversed through a swampy Dead Marsh and evaded a Nazgul Black Rider-Ringwraith on a flying beast before arriving in front of the heavily-garrisoned Black Gate at Mordor. At the Mordor Gate, Gollum divulged another secret pathway (with stairs and a tunnel) for entry, although Sam suspected a trap.
Wizard Gandalf reappeared to the warrior group in the forest as a reborn Gandalf the White ("I've been sent back until my task is done"), and together they rode to Edoras in Rohan. At Rohan, possessed King Theoden was reinstated (after Gandalf released him from the spell of Saruman - fully healed and restored) and then banished Grima. To avoid risking "open war" with Saruman's forces, King Theoden decided to take his people for refuge to their fortress at Helm's Deep. Gandalf left to find Eomer and his 2,000 Rohirrim force who were 300 leagues away, and promised to return within 5 days.
Meanwhile, Grima reported to Saruman about Rohan's plans - solidifying Saruman's determination to destroy them. Armies were gathering to fight "the last war that will cover all the world in Shadow". During a skirmish, Frodo and Sam were taken captive by soldiers of Gondor as Gollum/Smeagol escaped. During the retreat to Helm's Deep, Aragorn was feared dead (he tumbled off a cliff into a river far below) when the contingent was attacked by Saruman's beastly Wargs ridden by Orc soldiers.
Saruman sent his vast ten-thousands of troops (composed of monster warriors called Uruk-hai - Orcs cross-bred with Men) from Isengard to attack the small overwhelmed army of 300 at Helm's Deep and destroy the world of Men. Aragorn was not dead, however - on the water's edge, he was nudged by his horse, revived, and was able to ride to Helm's Deep to lead the defense.
Back in Rivendell, Elrond convinced his immortal elf daughter Arwen to retreat from their threatened area on a ship bound for Valinor and give up her love for Aragorn (to convince her, he provided her with a vision of his eventual death and the pain it would cause her). Sam and Frodo were taken to Boromir's younger brother Faramir (David Wenham), a captain in the Ithelien Rangers in the land of Gondor - "the last free kingdom of Men" that was threatened by Sauron. Faramir also captured Gollum, using his Master Frodo to entrap him, and then learned of the Ring. He also succumbed to its temptation: "The Ring of Power within my grasp...The Ring will go to Gondor". A gathering of the trees, called Entmoot, was held to decide if the Ents would assist in the war against Saruman's forces (they at first decided not to get involved - "This is not our war") - although an enraged Ent persuaded the other trees to assemble and ultimately march. It was dubbed "The Last March of the Ents" - against the treacherous Saruman because he had decimated the forest by industrializing Isengard.
Defensive preparations were made at Helm's Deep, and although the situation looked dire and impossible, a battalion of Elf reinforcements arrived from Rivendell, led by Haldir (Craig Parker). After an initial attack in the pouring rain, the walls of Helm's Deep were scaled with ladders and then destroyed with explosives in the area of the sewer drain opening. Elf leader Haldir lost his life, just as the defenders were forced to retreat into the rear Keep. One last horseback attack into the midst of the enemy was led by Aragorn (to allow the women and children to escape on a mountain pass), bolstered by the arrival of Gandalf (on his white horse) and Eomer (and his cavalry warriors) who then triumphed over Saruman's Uruk-hai/Orc troops, while the marching Ents destroyed Saruman's stronghold at Isengard (throwing boulders and causing a dam burst and flood to topple the tower of Orthanc).
At the same time in the ruined Rohan city of Osgiliath (the former capital of Gondor), Frodo narrowly avoided giving up the ring to a Nazgul Ringwraith riding on a winged creature because of Sam's intervention, and Faramir was finally convinced to release Frodo to continue his journey to Mordor with Sam (now Samwise the Brave) and a scheming, dark-natured Gollum.
The next chapter would show Sauron's terrible wrath and swift retribution: "The Battle for Middle-Earth is about to begin."

The film opened with an 8-minute prologue spoken by Galadriel (Cate Blanchett) explaining the backstory of the legend of the ring - it told how the Great Rings were forged and then distributed; however, those who received rings had been deceived since a new Master ring was also forged (in secret) in the fires of Mount Doom by the Dark Lord Sauron in the land of Mordor, in order "to control all others" and to rule over them with cruelty, malice and domination.
The free peoples of the lands of Middle Earth were on the verge of destruction. In one final battle near Mount Doom against the armies of Mordor, Sauron killed King Elendil of the kingdom of Gondor, after which his son Isildur defeated Sauron (with Elendil's Narsil sword) and acquired the ring, but the ring corrupted him too. For 2,500 years, "the ring passed out of all knowledge" until acquired by the creature Gollum (Andy Serkis) in a dark cave ("My precious"), giving him long life for 500 years, yet it consumed him and poisoned his mind.

When the ring abandoned Gollum, it was acquired by Bilbo Baggins (Ian Holm), a "halfling", fur-footed hobbit of the Shire. Now Sauron was in pursuit to reclaim the ring that gave its possessor invincible power and threatened to cover the lands with darkness.
As the film began, Bilbo was celebrating his "eleventy-first" (111th) birthday. He bequeathed all his possessions (including the ring) to his nephew, adopted heir Frodo Baggins (Elijah Wood), while he told Frodo he was leaving to stay in Rivendell. Wizard Gandalf (Ian McKellen) instructed Frodo to leave the shire with the ring and proceed to the village of Bree with his gardener friend Sam (Sean Austin). Nine dark, horse-riding faceless Nazgul (or Ringwraiths) sent by Sauron to recover the Ring pursued Frodo and his companions, now including two other hobbits Merry (Dominic Monaghan) and his best friend Pippin (Billy Boyd).
Meanwhile, Gandalf met with corrupted sorcerer Saruman (Christopher Lee) at Isengard, where he learned that Saruman was in league with Sauron's plans to dominate Middle-Earth. At Bree in the Inn of the Prancing Pony, the group met Strider/aka Aragorn (Viggo Mortensen) (the wandering, outcast, exiled heir of Isildur to the throne of Gondor) who helped protect and guide them. Saruman was creating an army of fiercesome, zombie-like Orcs (with rotting bodies) to do his will by cutting down forests and forging weapons. The Hobbit group and Strider proceeded to the elf enclave of Rivendell after Frodo was stab-wounded by a Ringwraith's sword (a Morgul blade).
Gandalf miraculously escaped from Saruman's imprisonment on the back of an eagle and proceeded to Rivendell, where after a six days journey, Frodo was rushed on horseback by elf Arwen (Liv Tyler). There, Frodo was healed by her father Elrond (Hugo Weaving). Arwen pledged her love to Aragorn, telling him: "I choose a mortal life" - she chose to forsake the immortal life of her people for Aragorn's love. During a Council meeting led by Elrond to answer the threat of Mordor and determine how to destroy the Ring (the one place it could be destroyed was in the fires of Mount Doom in Mordor where it was forged), Frodo volunteered ("I will take it") - he was to be accompanied there by the "Fellowship of the Ring" - nine individuals including himself, Sam, Merry, Pippin, Gandalf, swordsman Aragorn, skilled archer elf Legolas (Orlando Bloom), axe-wielding dwarf Gimli (John Rhys-Davies), and Boromir (Sean Bean); Bilbo gave Frodo a magical sword and Mithril (a protective vest) for the journey.
After reaching an impasse through the treacherous wintry pass on the mountain of Caradhras due to Saruman's sorcery, they decided to travel under the mountain through the dwarven Mines of Moria, a dark passageway where they were confronted by a giant cave troll in Balin's Tomb and an army of Orcs. At the Bridge of Khazad-dum, Gandalf held off the fiery demonic Balrog ("You shall not pass") so the others could escape, although he fell (seemingly to his death) into the chasm after Balrog when his leg was caught by Balrog's giant whip.
The group emerged from the mines into the magical forest of Lothlorien, ruled by the Lady of the Wood Queen Galadriel and her husband Lord Celeborn (Marton Csokas), where they found rest. Galadriel showed Frodo the future in a watery mirror - his destiny was to be a Ring-bearer and to destroy the Ring ("This task was appointed to you"). Before they left, Galadriel gave Frodo a farewell gift - the Light of Earendil (or Star-Glass). The group proceeded on the River Anduin (with two impressive colossal statues) and disembarked at Parth Galen.
Boromir confronted Frodo in the woods and sought to take the Ring, to save his afflicted land of Gondor with the ring's power ("It should be mine. Give it to me!") - to escape, Frodo vanished momentarily when he put the ring on his finger. In contrast, Aragorn refused to take the Ring from Frodo when he had the opportunity and pledged his steadfast allegiance.
Frodo decided to proceed to Mordor alone as the rest of the group was attacked in the forest by Saruman's Uruk-hai (Orcs cross-bred with men), commanded by Lurtz (Lawrence Makoare). Boromir lost his life with three arrows from Lurtz' bow in his torso. An angered Aragorn decapitated Lurtz, and then went to the side of Boromir as he expired and confessed his wrongful obsession with taking Frodo's ring. When Aragorn replied that Boromir was forgiven, he also promised that he wouldn't allow the kingdom of Gondor to fall into ruin: "I do not know what strength is in my blood, but I swear to you, I will not let the White City fall nor our people fail"; then with his last few words, Boromir expressed his allegiance to Aragorn as his king: "Our people. Our people. I would have followed you, my brother. My captain. My king".
During the struggle, Merry and Pippin were captured and taken away by the monstrous warriors, and the remaining members of the group decided to pursue them to rescue the two Hobbits. In the final scene, Frodo was joined by loyal companion Sam as they continued on to Mordor.